Daniel wilde



(No Model.)

D. WILDE. GRAIN ELEVATOR.

No. 442,159. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL "ILDE, OF \VASIIINGTON, IOlVA.

GRAIN-ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,159, dated December 9, 1890.

Application filed July 24, 1889. Serial No. 318,537. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, DANIEL WILDE, a citizen of the United States, residing at ashington, in the county of Vashington and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Grain-Elevator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to grain elevators adapted to be used in combination with thrashing-machines or separators; and it has for its object to so construct the elevator that it shall raise the grain to such a height that it may be discharged directly into a wagon when desired.

The invention further consists in certain improvements in the detailed construction of the device, which will behereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of my improved grain-elevato12 Fig. :2 is a sectional view taken through the bagging-spout on the line as a: in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view illustrating a modification in the construction of my improved elevator, and Fig. at is a side elevation showing a portion of a thrashing-machine to which the elevating device shown in Fig. 1 has been applied.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

My improved grailrelevator com prises, primarily, a rectangulartubular frame 1, at the four corners of which are mounted sprocketwheels 2 2, supporting the endless chain 3, to the links of which are attached the bucket plates l. The latter are fitted accurately in the tubular legs of the frame 1, so that when the endless chain is in operation the said bucket-plates shall carry the grain along through the said frame.

The rectangular frame 1 is made of such size and shape to fit completely around the frame of a thrashirig-machine, and the lower end of said frame 1, which is open on top, is arranged directly below the grainboard of such thrashing-machine, so as to receive the grain as the latter is separated from the straw and chaff.

Mot-ion may be imparted to the elevating mechanism from the driving mechanism of the thrashing maehine by means of a belt or band, which may be run over a pulley 5, mounted upon the shaft of one of the pulleys 2, outside the rectangular frame.

At the upper corners of the rectangular frame 1 are arranged the discharge-spouts 6 and 7, the former of which is connected to the side of the frame by means of a hinge 2i, enabling the said spout to be adjusted either toan inclined or to an approximately vertical position, as occasion may require. The said spouts 6 and 7 are preferably made detachable and interchangeable, the purpose of which will be presently described. This is done by providing the upper corners of the frame with openings 7 to receive the shields 7", to which the spouts are attached by means of hooks and staples 7 7. The shields are all of the same size, interchangeable. The spent 6 is connected to its shield by the hinge 24;. A shield 7 without a spout may be employed, as shown in Fig. 3, when it is desired to close one of the openings completely. The spent 6 terminates at its outer end in two legs 8 8, at the inner ends of which is mounted an oscillating valve 9, which maybe so adjusted as to cause the grain to be discharged from the spout 6 through either leg at will. Said spout 7 may be so adjusted as to discharge the grain directly into a wagon or other receptacle, or it may be adjusted to an approximately vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, when a sack or bag may be attached to either log S of said spout, so as to receive the grain as it is being discharged from the latter. \Vhen one bag has been filled, the oscillating valve 9 is reversed, thus causing the grain to be discharged into the other bag while the full sack is being ex changed for an empty one. Suitably attached to the frame of the machine below the spent 7 is a shelf 10, adapted to supporta measure into which the grain maybe discharged from the said spent, and below the said shelf is a platform 11, upon which the operator may stand.

It is obvious that when the machine is in operation only one of the spoutsG or 7 will be used at any one time, and a suitably-constructed hood or plate will be used to cover the spout-opening at the opposite corner.

The operation of this invention will be readily understood from. the foregoing dea modification of myinvention which is es pecially adapted to cases where the grain is to be discharged into Wagons of unusual height. In this case I substitute for the ordinary delivery-spout a' horizontal spout 12, at the endsot which are journaled sprocketwheels 13, supportingan endless chain having bucket-plates 15. This endless carrier is to be driven-by means of a belt or'band connected with suitable operating mechanism in a'direction opposite to that in which the endless chain S-is driven. i It will thus be seen that when the grain is dischargedinto the sp0ut 12 the endless carrier 14 carries it through the saidhorizontal spout and discharges it at the outer end of the latter.

It -is obvious that the delivery-spout 12, having the-endless carrier 13, may be pro- Vided, and is frequently provided, with the two dischargelegs and the oscillating valve with which the spout 6 has been described as being provided. Said spout 12 may also in like manner he hinged to the shield, by means of which it is attached-to the casing. -Havingthus described my invention, What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. In a grain-elevator, the combination, with the rectangular tubularframe having an endless carrier mounted upon sprocketwheels or supporting-pulleys at the faur cor ners of said frame, of discharge-spouts mounted detachably and interchangeably at the upper corners of said frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2..In a'grain-elevator, the combination, with a rectangular tubular frame having an endless reversible carrier consisting of an endless chain having bucket-plates attached thereto, of discharge-spouts mounted detachably and interchangeably at the upper corners of said frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. I a

3. In a grant-elevator, the combination, witha tubular frame having an endless carrier, of a discharge-spout mounted. horizontally at one of the upper corners ofsaid frame and having an. independent endless carrier, substantially as and for the purpose DANIEL WILDE.

\Vitnesses: v

A. S. FOLGER, GEORGIA FoLoER. 

